Topic: Online Teaching (40 articles)
Elliott: “The opportunity to work online has created an amazing lifestyle for me.”
Build A Solid Foundation Before You Dive Into Online Teaching
Many people dream of switching their work online. While the benefits are definitely worth it (flexibility, no nagging boss or endless and pointless meetings, unlimited earning potential – among many things), a lot of people doubt whether or not they’ll…
Jennifer Nascimento: “Forget those boring textbooks!”
Online Teachers: What are You Selling?
For Nike, it’s not just the shoe’s features that sell the shoe. (Source) Sales. That word you hated the moment your girlfriend began selling Avon, and you suddenly ran out of things to talk about unless you talked about cosmetics…
Why Failing is Good for Online Teachers
Nobody likes failing. Whenever I think of some epic stories of failure I am reminded of the Wright Brothers attempting to launch the “Wright Flyer” for the first time in December of 1903. In my imagination I see a crowd…
Kirsty: “It’s important for trainers and course providers to gain credibility by building an online presence”
How to Create Your Own Mission Statement as an Online Teacher
If you are already reading this article or felt a tingle of recognition or awareness upon spotting the blog title, then you already know that teaching is not a job, it’s a mission. You’ll be doing it every day for…
Creativity And New Technologies In The Foreign Language Classroom: A Practical Case
“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel” – Socrates In his book Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative Sir Ken Robinson defines creativity as “the process of developing original ideas that have…
Diane Gantenhammer: I am fortunate to say that my dream has come true.
Rachel Boyce: Technology has enabled me to interact with my students like never before
How to Advertise as an Independent Tutor
After LearnOutLive’s recent article on the pitfalls of being an online teacher highlighted just a small part of the challenges faced by teachers who choose to go for unconventional methods, I started thinking about independent teaching. Being a tutor, a teacher and…
3 Reasons Why Online Teachers Fail
Online teaching is still a mystery to many people. How does it work? What are the requirements? Does it pay the bills? Where to start? There are many websites that promise online teachers a quick and effortless start. I’ve found,…